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The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum 3-4 June 2015 Michelle Hamer SANBI Overview of presentation Background and history of the FBIP The strategic and business plan: Vision, objectives and proposed outputs
Forum 3-4 June 2015 Michelle Hamer SANBI
2011: Programmes that generate / disseminate fundamental
SAEOL: co-ordinated, value added information about species SABIF: databases: primary data /species
and time
SA-IBOL: DNA barcode
reference library for
identification of species Funded by DST Funded by DST & NRF NO CONSISTENT FUNDING, BUT KEY STRATEGIC PROJECTS
SAIBOL, SAEOL, NRF, DST, ARC, GEOBON, SAEON.
June 2011.
concept.
2012.
DST, NRF in response to queries.
Rationale for the FBIP: biodiversity provides goods and services that sustain life and provide economic opportunities Foundational biodiversity information = what have we got? What is it? Where does it occur? What does it do / what is important about it?
Data / knowledge generation, mobilization and co-ordination:
in collections),
including cultural significance, functional role in ecosystem, interactions with other species.
understanding and mitigating the impacts of global change on biodiversity
habitats (aquatic and terrestrial).
biodiversity research and decision-making.
Biodiversity survey, inventory and description
Ability to identify species:
Database: what species we have, distribution in space and time, abundance
goods and services - bioeconomy, and mitigation of the impacts of global change Job creation; service delivery Monitoring, bioprospecting, agriculture; data for global change understanding; science based decision- making for sustainable development Value chain for biodiversity knowledge
Biodiversity survey, inventory and description
Ability to identify species; Database: what species we have, where they occur and when they were collected; Information about species: harmful, useful, threatened, alien, appearance
goods and services Job creation; service delivery Critical for managing and rehabilitating ecosystems
Understanding what species are in ecosystems (name), abundance; what they do in the ecosystem (how they contribute to functioning), whether they are widespread or have narrow distributions
Critical for green economy
How do we identify the species? What is its distribution and abundance? What are its close relatives that might also have useful properties? Is there genetic diversity that could be beneficial / detrimental ?
DEA – Strategic Environmental Assessments (large infrastructure projects), protected area expansion, wildlife trade and game industry – policy; rehabilitation projects DAFF – fisheries, aquaculture decisions and policy, biosecurity – pests and pathogens in imports and exports; ARC - new crops, monitoring pests, parasites, pathogens Enforcement (SAPS, Green Scorpions)– forensics – entomology, illegal trade in wildlife Health - pharmaceuticals, path labs, GPs, traditional healers Public – gardeners, learners, citizen scientists, NGOs Industry – agriculture, horticulture, development applications; biotechnology
mobilise existing data to address priority knowledge / information gaps identified by consultation / involvement of relevant stakeholders who use and apply foundational biodiversity information in decision-making for sustainable use and development Expanded inventory of SA’s species Documented genetic and phylogenetic diversity for priority species DNA barcodes / sequences for identifying species / taxa A database that documents distribution
Consolidated relevant information for priority species
for application in research and decision-making Measured and monitored use of outputs from FBIP for decision-making, or in green economy, or by other researchers
integrated information management and dissemination system to provide long-term access to outputs from the FBIP. (how this is achieved still under discussion)
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Databases compiled for: National inventory of South African species Species pages for South African species including photographs / illustrations, information on biology, ecological role and interactions, links to DNA barcode / sequence data, distribution maps, indigenous knowledge, existing and potential use, threat status, population trends and literature through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Primary data sets on specimen identity, date
details, origin of record and where possible
biological notes, abundance. .
to ensure appropriate capacity for biodiversity information and knowledge generation, dissemination and application. Young researchers produce outputs of strategic objective 1. Postgraduate students trained through grants. Professionals in field trained to use new technologies in foundational biodiversity information generation, management and dissemination. Users of information trained in its use.
practices for ensuring that foundational biodiversity knowledge generated and information disseminated are taken up for use and application in decision- making and sustainable use (bioeconomy). Publication/s on uptake of data using different approaches for identifying priorities and for feeding data through to users.
for promoting use – based on the findings of studies done.
1. Large, integrated and collaborative projects (3 year projects, up to R2 million / year) (2 new projects can be selected for funding this year) Themes:
abundance of plant and animal species used for medicinal purposes in South Africa.
able to identify the pest / pathogen / alien and its origin, the identification of natural predators / pathogens of it, and close relatives of the host and potential agents.
in agri-ecosystems and natural areas and the co-ordination of existing information on soil organisms in South Africa.
focusing on terrestrial regulatory services systems . Regulatory services include invasion resistance, pollination, climate regulation, carbon sequestration, pest and disease control in agricultural systems.
protected areas, areas targeted for development, areas with high levels of dependence on biodiversity for livelihoods, areas of importance for providing ecological infrastructure).
specialists will be favoured.
(younger than 40 at the time of application).
information co-ordinated and must indicate how engagement with users has been or will be addressed to ensure that data needs are met in terms of what is generated and mobilized and how it is accessed by users.
mitigation of global change and / or the bio-economy.
barcodes.
Taxonomy and digitisation
Molecular research
Decision support tools Applied Research & Monitoring Blue Economy Science based management & policy
10%
statement and with the objectives of the Programme?
20%
for activities and outputs? Are the roles and contributions of all participants specified? Is the budget reasonable considering the proposed activities and
30% 20%
been specified? Are these realistic? Have the users of the knowledge / information been identified? Has consideration been given to the format in which the knowledge / information will need to be made accessible (even if this is not done by the project)?
20%
from FBIP grants available six months after the completion date of the project as stated in the proposal.
student thesis, the data provision to the FBIP can be delayed for
however, that this is not the preferred mechanism.
public release the data must still be provided to the FBIP when the project ends.
a collection locality for a species threatened by over-collecting) or confidential (eg. name of human subjects from which disease samples were taken), then GPS co-ordinates can be disseminated at a coarse scale or the names of human subjects must be removed from data sets. These or similar restrictions must be stated by the grantholder when data are submitted to the FBIP.